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US 6,604,543 B1Granted
Hose supporting spool device having rotatable coupling
OwnerWen Li Guoinventor
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Abstract
A hose supporting spool device includes a spool rotatably secured to a support device for winding a hose, a shaft secured to the support device and having a passage, a block formed on the shaft and having a peripheral slot and one or more grooves communicating the peripheral slot of the block with the passage of the shaft. A housing is rotatably engaged onto the block and the shaft and has a mouth coupled to a water reservoir. Two gaskets are engaged on the sides of the block and have curved recesses for receiving the curved outer portions of the block.
Claims11
A hose supporting spool device comprising:
- a support device,
- a spool rotatably secured to said support device,
- a hose wound around said spool,
- a shaft secured to said support device and including a passage formed therein,
- a block formed on said shaft and including a peripheral slot formed therein, and including at least one groove formed therein and communicating said peripheral slot of said block with said passage of said shaft,
- a housing including a chamber formed therein for rotatably receiving said block and said shaft, and for allowing said housing to be rotatably engaged onto said block and said shaft, said housing including a mouth provided therein and communicating with said chamber thereof,
- means for making a water tight seal between said block and said housing, and
- a first coupler coupled to said mouth of said housing for coupling said housing to a water reservoir.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.